It's been quite some time since I've written and I don't have a good reason other than life gets busy and in the way. Like I mentioned in a previous post life isn't always funny and sometimes it's hard to make things funny but recently I've been really into funny. My life in and of itself is a huge shit show these days.
I'm going through what I so lovingly called a 'quarterlife crisis' but then I was so kindly was reminded by my supervisor that I'm past quarterlife and in fact closer to midlife (gee, thanks!) I refuse to call my crisis a midlife crisis so I've affectionately deemed it my '30 life crisis.' I'm not 30, and I'm not even 29 yet but here's what's going on.
I want to live a little, within reason and explore a new way of thinking and being. I want to push myself outside my comfort zone, explore things, and be more in the moment. I've always been super precise in my decisions, always done what was expected of me, and I don't want to be that way anymore. I am ok with turning 30, that's not really what this is all about, but it's more about reevaluating life and living differently. I think that I spend too much time doing what's expected rather than what I want to do. For me, it's about going for it a little more, trying new things you know? I'm such an uptight person in general that I need to learn to relax and let things be and just go with the flow. I'm working on that.
I've wanted to explore Stand-Up comedy for quite some time now but I really don't have courage. I have been toying with the idea of taking an improv class to help me loosen up and get comfortable on stage. I was going to sign up for a summer session but between traveling on the weekends and not wanting to deal with Rockies game traffic I decided to wait. I recently checked and the next session starts on September 14th so I signed up. I'm actually really excited to see how this goes and push myself outside my comfort zone. I will keep you posted on how that goes because, let's be honest, I'm sure you're all going to be curious.
A few months ago I decided I wanted my nose pierced again but when I suggested it to Cody he said I was too old. I listened to him and pushed it to the back of my mind and moved on, maybe he was right, maybe I am too old and need to quit it with trying to pierce shit? I went to a visit the other day and my 60 year old client had her nose pierced and it dawned on me....who says I'm too old? Who says just because I'm a mom I can't have a pierced nose? I'm not old yet, and I'm still me. My nose piercing won't affect the way I parent or who I am right? So who cares? I decided to bring it back up to Cody and basically told him listen, I'm not too old this is what I want to do and I'm doing it. After some convincing he agreed. Thursday at work I told the girls how I felt and that I had planned to do it this coming weekend after we returned from our weekend camping trip. I'm so lucky to have such awesome people in my life; they convinced me to do it right then and there, so we piled into the civic and sped down to the tattoo/piercing shop in a crazy thunder storm and I did it. I just went it and did it. I feel so blessed to have people in my life that encourage me and I hope that I can be that encouraging force back for them too when they need it.
I have my nose pierced and I've signed up for improv classes. These are two of many shifts in the way I live that I'm very excited about.
If we don't ever step outside our comfort zone and try new things we'll never grow. I have been sitting in my comfort zone for way too long and I cannot wait to see what the future holds. Stay tuned, I promise after I start classes there will be so much funny shit to share.
If you're needing a good laugh though, I've been watching Last Comic Standing and this is a highlight reel of some of the top funniest jokes. Enjoy.
Last Comic Standing
